Attorney L. Chris Stewart, who represents the family of Rayshard Brooks, said training had failed. Two officers should have been able to control one man without shooting him, Stewart said.
ATLANTA – A police officer was fired, a new chief was at the helm and a Wendy's restaurant burned Sunday as the city became the latest epicenter in the urgent, nationwide demand for social change.. Brooks, who is Black, failed a sobriety test and was being handcuffed when he struggled and two white officers tackled him, video from the scene shows. He appeared to wrestle a Taser from one of the officers and was fleeing when he was shot.
“All levels of police know this is an extremely volatile time," said Angus, 42."Bringing more force than necessary will result in this type of situation. There are other models of policing that do not require the most severe physical response.” Attorney L. Chris Stewart, who represents Brooks' family, said training had failed. Two officers should have been able to control one man without shooting him, Stewart said. He wants the officer who shot Brooks charged with murder.
“This did not call for lethal force, and I don’t know what’s in the culture that would make this guy do that,” Clyburn said Sunday on CNN's State of the Union."It’s got to be the culture, it’s got to be the system.”
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